חשיפה: הבסיס המשותף ליחידה 8200 והסוכנות לביטחון לאומי של ארה"ב, על פסגת הר אורה I reported some years ago that the NSA maintained a joint base with the IDF's Unit 8200 to intercept telecommunications from throughout the Middle East. I also noted that the base, known as Ofrit, was located in East Jerusalem just across the Green Line (and hence in … [Read more...]
Israel’s Dirty Little Secret: Massive Arms Exports to, and Secret Military Exercises with Muslim Nations
Yossi Melman, an eternal scourge of Israeli military censorship, has published yet another harsh critique of the IDF censor and its chilling effect on the Israeli media. He begins by noting that before Israeli Navy's Commando Force 13 intercepted and commandeered the Karina A, a ship carrying Iranian arms intended for the Palestinians, it rehearsed for the … [Read more...]
Israel’s NSO Group Permits Foreign Intelligence Agencies to Spy on Human Rights Activists
The NYT's lead story recently featured a chilling story of the infamous Israeli cyber-security firm, NSO Group, whose Pegasus malware has been illegally utilized by Mexican intelligence agencies to spy on legitimate human rights and anti-corruption activists. NSO negotiates lucrative contracts with foreign governments, which purportedly use the malware to … [Read more...]
First Foreign Visit of Trump Presidency is to Mideast, in Shadow of Major ISIS-Russia Intelligence Scandal
Today, Middle East Eye published an earlier version of this article. After publication, Washington seemed to explode with stories making portions of my earlier piece obsolete. So I've updated it here: As U.S. Pres. Donald Trump prepares for the very first foreign visit of his presidency, a major intelligence scandal and another controversy hang over his … [Read more...]
